I was coming out of my school’s driveway on Wednesday and stopped at the red light. (My school is on a main road, so the exit has a stop light.) When the light turned green, I was looking to the left and saw the car coming towards me come to a stop, so I proceeded through the light. I glanced to the right and saw an SUV with yellow flashing lights coming towards the intersection. I figured that since there was no audible siren, and the lights were not red and blue, that the vehicle was not an emergency vehicle so it would stop at the red light. Imagine my surprise when it just sailed right through the intersection, forcing me into the middle lane to stomp on my brakes. One block past the intersection they turned off their lights and proceeded like nothing was wrong.
Now, maybe I’m wrong, but I thought there was a reason certain public vehicles were not given the blue and red flashing light bars with loud, obnoxious sirens. Yellow flashing lights are supposed to mean “Watch out for me, I’m here parked on the side of the road checking to make sure this sewer is not backing up.” and red (with or without blue) flashing lights mean “Get the hell out of my way, I’m trying to save someone’s life.”
I was even more surprised when I saw the tag on the back.
Guess they only need to make sure everyone else is in compliance, not themselves.
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